And Then I Read: BLACKEST NIGHT 8

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The main question for this final issue of what seems like a story that's been going on for years is: does the payoff satisfy? I've had my doubts that it possibly could, but I'm here to say I was wrong. Geoff Johns made it work for me, and the main payoff, which I won't reveal in case you haven't read the book yet, is very cool. Yes, the series was bloated with repetitious storylines, excessive gore and melodrama, and was much too long, but if you lasted through it (and ...